Tagliani will not start in that position, however, because Bryan Herta Autosport changed a Honda engine before it was allowed to. The car will incur a 10-grid penalty for the start of the 1 p.m. Sunday race.

Power now has 27 career poles in 99 races. He tied Al Unser for ninth place on the all-time list, although he fell short of the track record at this configuration: 1:05.347 set by Franchitti in 1999 and Gil de Ferran in 2000.

The point Power gained for winning the pole pulled him within 25 points of series leader Ryan Hunter-Reay. Power is within two of second-place Helio Castroneves.

With Tagliani's penalty, Sebastien Bourdais will start sixth, his second top-six start in the past three races.

Aside from Castroneves making contact with Mike Conway's car in the morning practice, there have been no accidents. Castroneves will start 12th after Tagliani's penalty is served.

Giorgio Pantano will start 24th in the 25-car field as the replacement for Charlie Kimball, who broke a bone in his right hand during last week's test.

The biggest change for this weekend is that the push-to-pass mechanism will have a five-second delay to prevent it being used in a defensive way.

Mid-Ohio Qualifying

LEXINGTON, Ohio - Qualifying Saturday for the Honda Indy 200 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.258 mile(s) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: